Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-08
arrrR being out three hours, a Milwau-

Hoplzel OF poisoning his uncle, Fred Letz
The evidence was circumstantial. The
young man tried to divert suspicion to his
aunt, as Letz and his wife frequently
quarreled. Hoelzel fed, but was capt
ured in Iowa.
F. II. SEVERANCE, chashier Of the defunct
Farmers Bank of Fayetteville, N. Y, has
been arrested on complaint of Receiver
Andrews, charging him with embezzling
$4,000 of the banks funds.
WILLIAM T. GRIMsHAw, a prominent
harness manufacturer, was at his place of
business in Amsterdam, N, Y, on the
29th, at the usual hour, but, on complain
int4pf boins i'll, he returned home. Mrs.
Grlmshaw, his ss.O5her, " ho nged with
him, was called from the house, and on
her return found her son in bedroom
with his throat cut from ear to ear. His
hand clasped a blood stained razor.
THIEVES got into the National Bank at
Washington, Ind, in daylight on the Both,
and got away with several hundred dol
lars.
THE steamer T. B. Sims old D. R. Pow
ELY, was burned at Island 40, just above
Memphis, Tenn, on the 30th, one life be-
ing lost.
A LONE highwayman held up the pas
sengers on two stage coaches on the route
from San Angelo to Ballinger, Tex, on the
Goth, obtaining from them about s., 800.
MUNCHRATH, convicted of completely in
the murder of DR.. Haddock, at Sioux City,
Ia, was sentenced on the 30th to four
years in the penitentiary. The case has
been appealed.
THE Farmers Bank at Newcastle, Del,
was entered at an early hour on the morn
ing of the 30th by masked robbers. Their
movements awoke the cashier, who seized
his pistol and fired, woundlng one of the
intruders. His companions picked up the
fallen man and quickly carried him out
| the front door, making their escape.
| MRS. f. KINsCH eloped from Pittsburg,
Kas., several days ago with Owen Dob
| bins, stonemason. She is thirty-eight
years of age and the mother of six chill
dren. Dobbns has been boarding at her
house. Mr.. Kinsch located the runaway
| couple in Kansas City on the 30th, and
| caused their arrest. They were put in the
county Jail.
| THE Tombstone coach. belonging to the
! ''Mexican Joe" (Joe Sheely of Texas)
combination, while parading at gallop-
| ing pace through the streets OF Liverpocs,
| England, on the Both, capsized and the
| members of the band were scattered upon
the stone payments in all directions.
Four were so badly injured that they had
to be taken to the hospital. The band in
struments were all smashed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, treasurer of the Ham,
ilton (Ont.) Powder Company, was arrest
ed at Ogdensburg, N. Y, on the 1st,
whittier he fed after having defaulted to
the extent of $25 900, which he lost through
| injudicious speculation.
THREE men and two boys were suffo-
eated, and thirteen others overcome with
gas in the Bost Colliery at Ashland, Pa,
on the 1St.
BY the burning of the ''English Kitch-
en-" at Detroit, Mich, on the morning OF
the 1st. one person was burned to Gin
der, one suffocated to death, and another
so badly burned that his recovery is i'm
possible.
REV. HRNIY CLEMENS, Free Methodlst
preacher, committed suicide near Millers-
burg, o. On the 1st by placing the muzzle
| of a shotean in his mouth and shooting
| the top OF his head off.
THE Lunar Oil Works in Brooklyn were
! damaged oy fire on the I'd to the extent Of
SO O,00O. The Excelsior stores adjoining
| also suffered loss of about $4,000. All
| insured.
|
| cident on the A. o. o. road, near Glad
! stone Mich. A work train, in backing
| down, struck a COW and derailaa the
| train. The conductor and brakeman
were killed and several others were in
| jured.
| A FIRE at Mitchell, OAK, on the lst,
DESTROYED tie Dutton & Mitchell barns
and nineteen horses, including Ben Lee,
the running horse. The loss is $1O,ooo.
Incendiarism is suspected.
| THREE unknown hunters deliberately
shot a man and boy near Elizabeth port,
| N. j., on the Cd. The victims are Patrick
! Duono and Dennis Norton, the latter lad
of thirteen years. They were picking ber'
ries, when the men with their guns came
along. and taking deliberate aim, fired,
| infiicting probably fatal wounds.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
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